After returning from the recent Machine Learning Summer School in Australia, my itching to become a Mac user has gotten even stronger*. For a start, there were many Mac Powerbook users at the Summer School (presenters and attendees alike). And, let’s face it, the Powerbooks are cool… 
Finally the top two reasons that had me pretty convinced:
- Mac Powerbooks/iBooks work straight out of the box (desktop software as well as server-oriented stuff) without needing much additional software or reading complicated manuals.
- I can continue to use many of my favourite Unix softwares under OS X.
*With the caveat that if the price is right of course.
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